Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 2009-09-24
Invested on: 2010-10-22
David H. R. Byrd, M.B.
Michael D. Byrd, M.B.
Corporal Gabriel Proulx, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
On June 8, 2008, David Byrd, Michael Byrd and Corporal Gabriel Proulx, then private, rescued three people from a burning vehicle, near Napanee, Ontario. After witnessing an accident that caused one of the vehicles to immediately burst into flames, they hurried to the vehicle and pulled a teenaged boy through the car's back passenger window. As the interior became fully engulfed in flames, the rescuers then hauled a woman to safety. Battling the heat, flames and smoke, they finally extracted the driver just as the gas tank ignited. Sadly, the driver succumbed to his injuries a few weeks later.